Cheese-hoop and follower.



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V CHEESE HOOP AND FOLLOWER. APPLICATION FILEDJAN-S, an.

' Patented mu 11,1917.

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HENRY U/MIXA, 0]? TWO RIVERES. WISCONSIN, AE5SIGNUR T0 TWO RIVERS PLATING d5 MTG. C0,, 011" TWO RIVERS, W ESCONSIN,

To all whom it may concern:

lBe it known that l, HENRY D. MIKA, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Two Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese- Hoops and Followers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in cheese hoops and followers,

ltn view of the relatively great length of various types of cheese hoops, it has been found impracticable to form said hoops by drawing them from a flat sheet of metal and such hoops are usually constructed by riveting together the edges of a curved plate forming, the wall of the hoop, and by securing a separate bottom thereto. This method of construction is open to serious objection inasmuch as the securing means of the various parts considerably weakens the general structure of the hoop, and further inasmuch as the seams of the hoop thus formed materially interfere with retaining the hoop in a desired sanitary condition.

it is therefore primarily the object of my invention to improve the method of formingcheese hoops and other relatively elongated bucket shaped articles by drawing the wall portions thereof, whereby to procure a structure which is of maximum strength and which is seamless at its inner portion and consequently sanitary.

Essentially, this major feature of my invention consists in drawing the bottom major wall portion from a single sheet of metal, and in drawing the outer wall portion from a second sheet of metal and cutting; off the bottom formed in the drawing operation. It is another further important object of my invention to utilize this cut off bottom of the outer wall portion as a cheese hoop.

it is a still further object to so form this follower subsequently to its detachment from the outer wall portion, to procure a maximum strength thereof, and a most free passage of whey therethrough.

With the above and other objects and ad vantages in view, the invention resides more particularly in the novel combination, formation and arrangement, of parts herein- Epecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec, 11, 1917.

Application filed January 5, 1917. fierial ue'uaeea.

after described and pointed out in the ap pended claims:

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is aside elevational view of a cheese hoop and follower constructed in accordance with my invention, the follower and a portion of the hoop being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view partly in section of the drawn body which forms the follower and outer wall portion of the hoop.

Fig. 3 is an elevational view of the finished follower.

Referring; now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the bottom 5 and the inner wall portion 6 of the hoop are drawn from a single blank of metal, the bottom being provided with the usual whey passages 7. The outer wall portion 8 of the hoop comprises a seamlessband telescopically receiving the adjacent edge of the inner wall portion, and this outer wall portion is formed by drawing a flat sheet of metal in cup form, as shown in Fig. 2 and in then cutting" off the bottom and immediately adjacent wall portion of this cup on the line A-A of Fig. 2.

The hoop thus formed is seamless with the exception of the seam formed by the juncture of its wall portions, and inasmuch as these wall portions are separable, this scam does not interfere with cleaning the hoop to retain a desired sanitary condition thereof. Also, this scam does not affect the strength of the major portion of the hoop. The inner wall portion 6 is provided with suitable handles 9, and disposed about said wall portion is a spacing ring 10 to hold the axis of the hoop in a horizontal position when the hoop is disposed in a press.

The cut off bottom of the cup shown in Fig. 2 which provides the outer wall portion 8 forms the follower 11 of the hoop, the periphery thereof being slightly reduced to fit within the outer wall portion 8, and in this reducing operation the wall 12 is turned inwardly to seat the bottom of an adjacent hoop. The follower plate is provided with a series of openings 13 permitting passage of whey therethrough, and thus between the follower plate and the inturned wall portion 12 is formed a circular whey chamber from "which Whey discharges through openings 14: inthe outermost portion of an annular band 15 is secured on that face of'the plateadjaeent the wall portion 12, this band comprising a strip of metalangular in cross section and provided with openings 16 in its outstanding wall, permitting free passage of whey therethrough.

'I' .-"i-l i hile' Lha'veshown .and described 1 one preferred embodiment .of my invention, it is obvious that to meet/differing conditions of use, various modifications and changesof structure may be resorted to without departing in any manner from the spirit of my inyention. Itis also obvious that my methodofgforming the hoop may be also f shaped members, and that therefore this feature of my invention is not limitedspeeifically to eheesehoops. What is claimed is:

1. Acheese hoop follower comprising a perforated sheet of rmetal having. its edge portions bent laterally and inwardly, said edge portions being spaced from the face of "the follower. to proyi de a wheypassage.

cheese hoop 'follower comprising a p v ,perforated sheet of metalhaving its edge the Wall. For bracing the follower plate,

portions bent laterally and inwardly and an annular bracmg band on that side of the plate.ad acent.1ts inturned edgeportions, said band extending from the body sheet of metal a distance equal to the distancebetween said body sheet and the rear 'face of said inturned edge portions.

3. A cheese hoop follower comprising a ,perforated sheet of metal having its edge portions bent laterally and inwardly and an angular bracing strrpseeuredlo th at side of the plate. adjacent itsinturned edge 1)O1- tions,.said strip being apertured in itsout turned. portion to I prov de whey passages,

, said, on t-turned portion ofthe strip ,being of employed in formingother elongated bucket aiwidth equal to the distance between the In testimony thatl claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand at Two Rivers,

,in the county of lllanitowocand State of Visconsin, in the presence of two witnesses. 1:

HENRY D. MIXA. Witnesses ,H. R. SoHwAnE,

ROLAND BLEsEn.

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